Specify
the movie from the project windowSpecify the Flash® movie
A Flash screensaver can play only one movie. You just have to specify it in the project. Several methods are available though.
Specify
the movie from the project window
1. Activate the Screen Saver Document window.
2. In the Flash Movie dialog box (click the tab
if necessary), click on the [...]
button (
). A standard Windows dialog box opens to let
you choose the Flash movie file you want to use. Browse your disks, select
a file and click Open.
3. The
full pathname is added in the Flash Movie field (
) and
you see the movie in the Preview
window (
).
4. If the Save a copy of the file in the Project Document option is checked, the video file will be stored in the screen saver project (not recommended for large files).
If you check this option, the animation file will be included into the screen saver file when saved. This option is useful because the animation file doesn't need to be present on your hard disk the next time you'll open the SSP document. The drawback is that the SSP file is larger and space consuming.
If you uncheck this option, the animation file will NOT be included into the screen saver file when saved. The SSP file is smaller but the video file must be present on your hard disk (at the right location) or you'll get an error the next time you'll open the SSP document.
5. In the Position (center) group:
In the X area, enter here the X coordinate of position of the animation windows on screen (from -640 to 1280). 0 means the left border and 640 the right border of the screen. This value indicates the position of the center of the animation window.
In the Y area, Enter here the Y coordinate of position of the animation windows on screen (from -480 to 960). 0 means the top and 640 the bottom of the screen. This value indicates the position of the center of the animation window.
NOTE: The visible screen coordinates are always specified from (0,0: top-left) to (640,480: bottom-right). Of course if you launch your screen saver on a 1024x768 display for example, the coordinates will be recalculated accordingly.
6. In the Size group:
If you check Full screen (maximized) option, it allows to display full screen the video.
In the Width area, enter here the width of the video window in percent (100% by default). The final width is based on the original video clip width.
In the Height area, enter here the height of the video window in percent (100% by default). The final width is based on the original video clip width.
If you check Based on screen size option, the video size is based on the screen size in percent.
7. If you check Automatically Repeat Forever option, it allows to specify an animation that will be played over and over.
8. If you check Show Mouse Pointer option, it allows to let the user interact with the animation..
Add a Flash file using Drag & Drop
1. Go to the librarian, expand Media Files and select the Animation folder.
2. Select a
flash file then drag and drop
() to the Screen Saver document window:
3. A dialog box opens (see below).
4. In
Flash Movie field () you see the full pathname to the file you're about to add.
Check that this is the correct file.
5. In
the Size group, select the Full Screen (maximized)
option (). Also, be sure the option Show Mouse
Pointer () is NOT checked.
This is used to create interactive screensavers (not for this tutorial).
When done, Click OK.
6. The file is included in the project (you see the filename in the Flash Movie field) and you see the movie in the Preview window (on right side).
Specify the Flash® movie using the Clipboard
(copy/paste)
1. Go to the librarian or the built-in Explorer (Ctrl+E), browse your folders and select a Flash file.
2. Choose Edit/Copy.
3. Return to the project window.
4. Choose Edit/Paste.
5. The name of the Flash file displays in the area "Flash movie" in the Dialog box "Shockwave Flash properties". Click OK.
6. The file is included in the project (you see the filename in the Flash Movie field) and you see the movie in the Preview window (on right side).